Paul Saulnier
New Member
I have a ten year old laptop, and the power adapter always made annoying sputtering noises when operating the computer. So I searched around the house for another adapter that would fit that was close to correct with the voltages. This is very stupid, I know. I plugged it in, and started the computer. It worked great. Then I went to restart and while it was restarting, the screen turned yellow and flickered, and then the computer shut off.
When I would try to start it up, the power lights would blink for a fraction of a second, then go out. When I try again right after, the same thing happens, just the lights don't stay on as long. A bit of a flicker noise can also be heard from the PC speaker. This is what it's doing now when I try the correct adapter.
Now, if we ignore the fact that I was dumb enough to try this, do you have any ideas what might be wrong? I don't need this computer for anything anymore, but I'd like to have it working if I could.
When I would try to start it up, the power lights would blink for a fraction of a second, then go out. When I try again right after, the same thing happens, just the lights don't stay on as long. A bit of a flicker noise can also be heard from the PC speaker. This is what it's doing now when I try the correct adapter.
Now, if we ignore the fact that I was dumb enough to try this, do you have any ideas what might be wrong? I don't need this computer for anything anymore, but I'd like to have it working if I could.